Add all the existing helpers related features to the new base

actionpack/Rakefile

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Rake::TestTask.new(:test_new_base_on_old_tests) do |t|
     render render_json render_xml
     send_file request_forgery_protection rescue url_rewriter verification webservice
     http_basic_authentication http_digest_authentication
-    action_pack_assertions assert_select filter_params
+    action_pack_assertions assert_select filter_params helper
   ).map { |name| "test/controller/#{name}_test.rb" }
 end
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/helpers.rb

@@ -24,11 +24,30 @@ def inherited(klass)
         
         super
       end
-      
+
+      # Makes all the (instance) methods in the helper module available to templates rendered through this controller.
+      # See ActionView::Helpers (link:classes/ActionView/Helpers.html) for more about making your own helper modules
+      # available to the templates.
       def add_template_helper(mod)
         master_helper_module.module_eval { include mod }
       end
-      
+
+      # Declare a controller method as a helper. For example, the following
+      # makes the +current_user+ controller method available to the view:
+      #   class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+      #     helper_method :current_user, :logged_in?
+      #
+      #     def current_user
+      #       @current_user ||= User.find_by_id(session[:user])
+      #     end
+      #
+      #      def logged_in?
+      #        current_user != nil
+      #      end
+      #   end
+      #
+      # In a view:
+      #  <% if logged_in? -%>Welcome, <%= current_user.name %><% end -%>
       def helper_method(*meths)
         meths.flatten.each do |meth|
           master_helper_module.class_eval <<-ruby_eval, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
@@ -39,14 +58,14 @@ def #{meth}(*args, &blk)
         end
       end
       
-      def helper(*args, &blk)
+      def helper(*args, &block)
         args.flatten.each do |arg|
           case arg
           when Module
             add_template_helper(arg)
           end
         end
-        master_helper_module.module_eval(&blk) if block_given?
+        master_helper_module.module_eval(&block) if block_given?
       end
     end
     

actionpack/lib/action_controller/base/helpers.rb

@@ -3,23 +3,19 @@
 # FIXME: helper { ... } is broken on Ruby 1.9
 module ActionController #:nodoc:
   module Helpers #:nodoc:
-    def self.included(base)
+    extend ActiveSupport::DependencyModule
+
+    included do
       # Initialize the base module to aggregate its helpers.
-      base.class_inheritable_accessor :master_helper_module
-      base.master_helper_module = Module.new
+      class_inheritable_accessor :master_helper_module
+      self.master_helper_module = Module.new
 
       # Set the default directory for helpers
-      base.class_inheritable_accessor :helpers_dir
-      base.helpers_dir = (defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/helpers" : "app/helpers")
-
-      # Extend base with class methods to declare helpers.
-      base.extend(ClassMethods)
+      class_inheritable_accessor :helpers_dir
+      self.helpers_dir = (defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/helpers" : "app/helpers")
 
-      base.class_eval do
-        # Wrap inherited to create a new master helper module for subclasses.
-        class << self
-          alias_method_chain :inherited, :helper
-        end
+      class << self
+        alias_method_chain :inherited, :helper
       end
     end
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base.rb

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module ActionController
   autoload :Testing,              "action_controller/new_base/testing"
   autoload :UrlFor,               "action_controller/new_base/url_for"
   autoload :Session,              "action_controller/new_base/session"
+  autoload :Helpers,              "action_controller/new_base/helpers"
 
   # Ported modules
   # require 'action_controller/routing'

actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/base.rb

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ class Base < Http
     
     include AbstractController::Benchmarker
     include AbstractController::Callbacks
-    include AbstractController::Helpers
     include AbstractController::Logger
-    
+
+    include ActionController::Helpers
     include ActionController::HideActions
     include ActionController::UrlFor
     include ActionController::Redirector

actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/helpers.rb

+require 'active_support/core_ext/load_error'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/name_error'
+require 'active_support/dependencies'
+
+module ActionController
+  module Helpers
+    extend ActiveSupport::DependencyModule
+
+    depends_on AbstractController::Helpers
+
+    included do
+      # Set the default directory for helpers
+      class_inheritable_accessor :helpers_dir
+      self.helpers_dir = (defined?(RAILS_ROOT) ? "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/helpers" : "app/helpers")
+    end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+      def inherited(klass)
+        # klass.master_helper_module = Module.new
+        # klass.master_helper_module.__send__ :include, master_helper_module
+        klass.__send__ :default_helper_module!
+        super
+      end
+
+      # The +helper+ class method can take a series of helper module names, a block, or both.
+      #
+      # * <tt>*args</tt>: One or more modules, strings or symbols, or the special symbol <tt>:all</tt>.
+      # * <tt>&block</tt>: A block defining helper methods.
+      # 
+      # ==== Examples
+      # When the argument is a string or symbol, the method will provide the "_helper" suffix, require the file 
+      # and include the module in the template class.  The second form illustrates how to include custom helpers 
+      # when working with namespaced controllers, or other cases where the file containing the helper definition is not
+      # in one of Rails' standard load paths:
+      #   helper :foo             # => requires 'foo_helper' and includes FooHelper
+      #   helper 'resources/foo'  # => requires 'resources/foo_helper' and includes Resources::FooHelper
+      #
+      # When the argument is a module it will be included directly in the template class.
+      #   helper FooHelper # => includes FooHelper
+      #
+      # When the argument is the symbol <tt>:all</tt>, the controller will include all helpers beneath
+      # <tt>ActionController::Base.helpers_dir</tt> (defaults to <tt>app/helpers/**/*.rb</tt> under RAILS_ROOT).
+      #   helper :all
+      #
+      # Additionally, the +helper+ class method can receive and evaluate a block, making the methods defined available 
+      # to the template.
+      #   # One line
+      #   helper { def hello() "Hello, world!" end }
+      #   # Multi-line
+      #   helper do
+      #     def foo(bar) 
+      #       "#{bar} is the very best" 
+      #     end
+      #   end
+      # 
+      # Finally, all the above styles can be mixed together, and the +helper+ method can be invoked with a mix of
+      # +symbols+, +strings+, +modules+ and blocks.
+      #   helper(:three, BlindHelper) { def mice() 'mice' end }
+      #
+      def helper(*args, &block)
+        args.flatten.each do |arg|
+          case arg
+          when :all
+            helper all_application_helpers
+          when String, Symbol
+            file_name  = arg.to_s.underscore + '_helper'
+            class_name = file_name.camelize
+
+            begin
+              require_dependency(file_name)
+            rescue LoadError => load_error
+              requiree = / -- (.*?)(\.rb)?$/.match(load_error.message).to_a[1]
+              if requiree == file_name
+                msg = "Missing helper file helpers/#{file_name}.rb"
+                raise LoadError.new(msg).copy_blame!(load_error)
+              else
+                raise
+              end
+            end
+
+            add_template_helper(class_name.constantize)
+          else
+            # Explcit 'return' here so that the supplied block ( if any ) doesn't get included twice
+            return super
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Evaluate block in template class if given.
+        master_helper_module.module_eval(&block) if block_given?
+      end
+
+      # Declares helper accessors for controller attributes. For example, the
+      # following adds new +name+ and <tt>name=</tt> instance methods to a
+      # controller and makes them available to the view:
+      #   helper_attr :name
+      #   attr_accessor :name
+      def helper_attr(*attrs)
+        attrs.flatten.each { |attr| helper_method(attr, "#{attr}=") }
+      end
+
+      # Provides a proxy to access helpers methods from outside the view.
+      def helpers
+        unless @helper_proxy
+          @helper_proxy = ActionView::Base.new
+          @helper_proxy.extend master_helper_module
+        else
+          @helper_proxy
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def default_helper_module!
+        unless name.blank?
+          module_name = name.sub(/Controller$|$/, 'Helper')
+          module_path = module_name.split('::').map { |m| m.underscore }.join('/')
+          require_dependency module_path
+          helper module_name.constantize
+        end
+      rescue MissingSourceFile => e
+        raise unless e.is_missing? module_path
+      rescue NameError => e
+        raise unless e.missing_name? module_name
+      end
+
+      # Extract helper names from files in app/helpers/**/*.rb
+      def all_application_helpers
+        extract = /^#{Regexp.quote(helpers_dir)}\/?(.*)_helper.rb$/
+        Dir["#{helpers_dir}/**/*_helper.rb"].map { |file| file.sub extract, '\1' }
+      end
+    end # ClassMethods
+  end
+end

actionpack/test/controller/helper_test.rb

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def rescue_action(e) raise end
   end
 end
 
-class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
+class AllHelpersController < ActionController::Base
   helper :all
 end
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def test_helper_for_acronym_controller
   end
 
   def test_all_helpers
-    methods = ApplicationController.master_helper_module.instance_methods.map(&:to_s)
+    methods = AllHelpersController.master_helper_module.instance_methods.map(&:to_s)
 
     # abc_helper.rb
     assert methods.include?('bare_a')
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_all_helpers_with_alternate_helper_dir
   end
 
   def test_helper_proxy
-    methods = ApplicationController.helpers.methods.map(&:to_s)
+    methods = AllHelpersController.helpers.methods.map(&:to_s)
 
     # ActionView
     assert methods.include?('pluralize')

actionpack/test/new_base/abstract_unit.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../activesupport/lib')
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/helpers')
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../fixtures/alternate_helpers')
+
 ENV['new_base'] = "true"
 $stderr.puts "Running old tests on new_base"
 

actionpack/test/new_base/render_text_test.rb

 require File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)), "test_helper")
 
-class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-end
-
 module RenderText
   class SimpleController < ActionController::Base
     self.view_paths = [ActionView::Template::FixturePath.new]